Tuesday, July 12, 2011

As the most strong-minded and beautiful business woman and Artist of colour in mainstream media (after Oprah),who makes highly consumable music and is rockinga blond weave, why should we care? Breaking down the Girls Run the World vid,we'll examine why the love/hate debate rages on.

On Tuesday, July 19, Zena Edwards, a renown spoken word artist, singer, playwright and actress invites you to take part in a critical discussion surrounding Beyonce's 'Run the World' video. This session will take a deep look at the themes, issues and controversy that has been surrounding Beyonce's video since its release.

Topics/issues covered in this session will include:
*Beyonce - a voice for strong women?

*How do women of all ages connect with Sis B?
*Images of the men in the video
*Sexuality and empowerment
*Popular culture and role models
*Mainstream media representations vs the individuals reality
*and much more......

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Erykah told me my bags were too heavy how did she know? i never told her but the cap fit too well so i started to unpack to unburden my shoulders so i could stand upright i wanted to turn the clock back or to do the next best thing i wanted to remember what it was like wanted to know what it felt like to be travelling light...

WHAT?

An exploration of Womanhood and empowerment in the

21st century and how it manifests in your own lives.

HOW?

Over 2 days of exciting discussion and debate, journal writing,
photography, drawing and scrap-boarding, we will unpack the
baggage around our sex that we carry around consciously and
subconsciously since we were girl toddlers.

WHY?

Why not? So we can ask questions "how much does your
gender really hold you back?"

WELCOME TO TRAVELLING LIGHT

This blog is an online exploration of neo-Womanhood. It is not meant to define but just examine what it means to be a woman in the 21st century and how we can protect the new woman that emerges from the rubble of eigthies power shoulder pads, nineties girl power mania and the noughties rise to Run the World, Girls!

Woven throughout this exploration is a story of a woman who was reunited with her own mother after 60 years of separation and how this motherless child had raised a girl child of her own, alone in 1970's and 80's Black Britain.

At times, this blog will seem disjointed, but click the 'Travelling Light' label and see the story unfold in poetry, autobiography, art and film.

Connecting the minds of the Feminine Element -Where in the world has this blog travelled?